RANCHI: The undergraduate
students of Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, (
Rims) Ranchi on Wednesday expressed their inability on appearing for the
final-year MBBS exams as many are infected.
Even though the state government last week has cancelled all exams in the wake of the surge in
Covid-19 cases, Rims is planning to conduct the exams from May 2-21 and is asking the students to appear for them as the state-run hospital wants to deploy them as interns for Covid duty.
The students have said that they are ready to join as interns and contribute their services as the hospital requires extra hands to manage the high patient load. They have submitted a memorandum to Rims director, asking him to postpone the exams and promote them as interns and avail their services by deploying in the Covid ward.
Besides them being infected, several students are busy taking care of their family members as many of them have tested positive for Covid-19. “My grandfather is critical while my uncle has just recovered from Covid. Every day, I am running from medical shops to hospitals, trying to arrange medicines and beds for my family. I don’t know how the hospital expects me to appear for exams in this situation,” a final-year MBBS student preferring anonymity said.
Another student said, “Three persons, including me, are Covid positive and my house has been declared as a micro-containment zone. I have been told by my batch-mates that the college wants to conduct the examination despite the government cancelling all kinds of exams.”
Ranchi University, which provides degrees to Rims students, has already issued a notification earlier this week, stating that all examinations stand cancelled in the light of the government’s directive.
Upon contact, the dean of academics at Rims, Dr Satish Chandra, did not receive TOI’s calls.